Vinita Joy Snow

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The Duncan Banner - May 07, 2009
Vinita Joy Snow Edwards
Oct. 27, 1925 - May 1, 2009

KIRKLAND, Wash. - Vinita Joy Snow Edwards, 83, former longtime resident of Duncan, Okla., died Friday, May 1, 2009, at Evergreen Hospice Facility in Kirkland, Wash. Graveside services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday in Tussy (Okla.) Cemetery. Burial is under direction of Don Grantham Funeral Home of Duncan.Vinita was born Oct. 27, 1925, in Duncan, to Arthur W. and Reva Wilkerson Snow.

She married T.J. Edwards on Jan. 10, 1986, in Ardmore, Okla. He preceded her in death Dec. 10, 1988. She was a homemaker and was a member of Chisholm Trail Church of Christ. She is survived by her daughter, Klyda Gerber of Odom, Texas; two sons: Ed Rains of Shoreline, Wash., and Phillip Payne of Russia; three sisters: Barbara A. Patton, Sharon Jones and Shennell Snow; two brothers: Larry W. Snow and Gaylon K. Snow; six grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and three brothers: J.W. Snow, Wendell "Hank" Snow and Gerald C. "Jerry" Snow.

Online condolences may be made at the Grantham Funeral Homes website.

(Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)

Vinita married Paul James Payne after 1945. Paul (son of Harry Carl Payne and Caroline "Carrie" Suzanne Cover) was born on 21 Nov 1922 in Oklahoma; died on 14 Jul 2008 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas; was buried on 16 Jul 2008 in Seaside Funeral Home, Nueces County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Yvette Schroeder writes that they were married shortly after he was discharged from his service to the Marine Corps during World War II.

1. Paul Gerald Payne was born on 15 Mar 1948 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died in Jun 1948 in Oklahoma.
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Vinita married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Vinita married Thomas J. "T. J." Edwards on 10 Jan 1986 in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma. Thomas was born on 10 Dec 1919; died on 10 Dec 1988 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Joy Snow and T. J. Edwards were said to have been married more than once.